COMMON WRITTEN EXAM - CLERKS -- further details

Further to my earlier blog, some more details are given hereunder for the guidance of candidates. (Exam date 27.11.2011)

The advertisement for this can be viewed in


http://www.ibps.in/career_pdf/CWE-Clerk.pdf


IMPORTANT DATES:
Start date for Online Registration 25.08.2011
Payment of Application Fees/ Intimation Charges 24.08.2011 to 23.09.2011
(both dates inclusive)
Last date for Online Registration 24.09.2011
Last date for Editing Application Details 26.09.2011
Download of Call letter for Written Examination After 11.11.2011
Written Examination 27.11.2011

Age:

II Age (As on 01.08.2011):
Minimum: 18 Years Maximum: 28 Years
The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates.
RELAXATION IN AGE LIMIT FOR SC/ST/OBC/PERSONS WITH DISABILITY/EX-SERVICEMEN-DISABLED EX-SERVICEMEN/WIDOWS,DIVORCED WOMEN,WOMEN LEGAL SEPARATED/PERSONS...j&k../PERSONS AFFECTED BY 1984 RIOTS/REGULAR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE FACTORY,BHOPAL RETRENCHED FROM SERVICE/)-- VARIOUS YEARS RELAXATION GIVEN --PL VERIFY THE ADVT. IN THE WEBSITE



ABOUT THE EXAMINATION:

There will be an objective test - composite time - 150 minutes --

REASONING

ENGLISH

NUMERICAL ABILITY

GENERAL AWARENESS RELATED TO BANKING INDUSTRY

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

each subject 50 questions -- 50 marks - Total marks - 250 marks
NO DESCRIPTIVE PAPER TEST IS CITED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT.

I am giving below relevant portion from the advertisement in the web:


The above tests except the Test of English Language will be printed bilingually, i.e.
English and Hindi.
Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in an
Information Handout, on IBPS website which will be made available for the
candidates to download along with the call letters.
E. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each
question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of
the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected
score. If the total of the penalty for a test is in fraction, the marks obtained will be
rounded off to the nearest integer, i.e. if fraction exceeds by 0.50 or more, it will be
rounded off to next higher integer. If for any question a candidate gives more than one
answer, it will be treated as wrong even if one of the given answers happens to be right
and there will be the same penalty of 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question
deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate,
there will be no penalty for that question.
F. STANDARDIZED SCORES
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates will further be converted into
standardized scores following Linear Conversion Method.
G. CUTOFF SCORE
Each candidate will have to secure a minimum standardized score in each of the tests to
qualify in the written examination and to be considered for vacancies in the participating
banks. The cut-off points will be decided based on the average (Average – ¼ Standard
Deviation for General category candidates and Average – ¾ Standard Deviation for
Reserved Category candidates).
H. CWE SCORE CARD
IBPS will print the Score Cards for each of the qualifying candidates only and will send
the same by Registered/ Speed post to each candidate at the correspondence address
specified in his/ her online application. 7
I. VALIDITY OF CWE SCORE CARD
Score Cards issued by IBPS will be valid for one year from the date of issue of the Score
Card. Candidates can appear in subsequent examination(s) to enhance their scores if they
so desire.